 | Herodotus - 1860 - 586 σελίδες
...Diodorus (xi. 9). * So Diodorus (1. c.) and Justin (ii. 11). REASONS OF LEONIDAS REMAINING. BOOK VII. that, if he stayed, glory awaited him, and that Sparta...the barbarians, or one of her kings must perish." B The prophecy was delivered in hexameter verse, and ran thus : — " Oh ! ye men who dwell in the... | |
 | Herodotus - 1860 - 588 σελίδες
...(xi. 9). 9 So Diodorus (1. c.) and Justin (ii. 11). 184 KEASONS OF LEÓNIDAS ВЕМА1МШ. BOOK VII. that, if he stayed, glory awaited him, and that Sparta...the barbarians, or one of her kings must perish." 9 The prophecy was delivered in hexameter verse, and ran thus : — " Oh ! ye men who dwell in the... | |
 | Herodotus - 1875 - 588 σελίδες
...He therefore commanded them to retreat, but said that he himself could not draw back with honour-; knowing that, if he stayed, glory awaited him, and...received from the Pythoness was, " that either Sparta mnst be overthrown by the barbarians, or one of her kings mnst perish."8 The prophecy was delivered... | |
 | Herodotus - 1875 - 490 σελίδες
...He therefore commanded them to retreat, but said that he himself could not draw back with honour ; knowing that, if he stayed, glory awaited him, and...when the Spartans, at the very beginning of the war, senfto consult the oracle concerning it, the answer whicli they received from the Pythoness was, "... | |
 | Herodotus - 1880 - 602 σελίδες
...He therefore commanded them to retreat, but said that he himself could not draw back with honour ; knowing that, if he stayed, glory awaited him, and...overthrown by the barbarians, or one of her kings must perish."9 The prophecy was delivered in hexameter verse, and ran thus : — " 0 ye men who dwell in... | |
 | Herodotus - 1880 - 572 σελίδες
...He therefore commanded them to retreat, but said that he himself could not draw back with honour ; knowing that, if he stayed, glory awaited him, and...overthrown by the barbarians, or one of her kings must perish."9 The prophecy was delivered in hexameter verse, and ran thus : — " O ye men who dwell in... | |
 | Herodotus - 1889 - 496 σελίδες
...He therefore commanded them to retreat, but said that he himself could not draw back with honour ; knowing that, if he stayed, glory awaited him, and...prosperity. For when the Spartans, at the very beginning ot the war, senfto consult the oracle concerning it, the answer which they received from the Pythoness... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1890 - 938 σελίδες
...Spartans should quit the post which they had been especially sent to guard. For my own part, I am inclined to think that Leonidas gave the order, because he...the barbarians, or one of her kings must perish." The prophecy was delivered in hexameter verse, and ran thus : — " Oh ! ye men who dwell in the streets... | |
 | 1903 - 672 σελίδες
...himself great glory by abiding at his post, and that the prosperity of Sparta should not be destroyed. For when the Spartans at the very beginning of the war sent to inquire of the Pythia, seeking to know what should befall them, there was given to them an oracle,... | |
 | Ida Carleton Thallon - 1914 - 680 σελίδες
...He therefore commanded them to retreat, but said that he himself could not draw back with honour ; knowing that, if he stayed, glory awaited him, and...the barbarians, or one of her kings must perish." The prophecy was delivered in hexameter verse, and ran thus : — " O ye men who dwell in the streets... | |
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... that either Sparta must be overthrown by the barbarians, or one of her kings must perish. The prophecy was delivered in hexameter verse, and ran thus: Oh! ye men who dwell in the streets of broad Lacedaemon, Either your glorious town shall be sacked... 
